Where do you guide in Northern Minnesota? We lost our home and all our gear in November to a house fire and I was thinking of taking my boys on a trip this summer or fall. We normally go to Canada but all our passports are gone and we have not replaced them yet. If you can’t say where you are at I understand. Enjoy your videos of those hawg eyes!
Talk to a small aircraft mechanic and get a set of cables made through them. We had a set let go on an older model CAT excavator and we were direct to a local aircraft supplier. And it cost far less to buy a much, much better product.
Similar thing happened to me once, up in Currans Bay, only it was on zee Slip Bobbers... 2 clients, one bobber goes down then the next right away, and together they both caught the fish! So who gets credit for the hawg? The deepest hook. And man did we all laugh! (also, fish released ~ let 'em go, let 'em grow & make more) :D
I have a Mercury 15hp on my 12ft John boat. I have a steering wheel set up instead of a tiller handle. I’d look into getting one if they make it for your motor because I’ve had zero problems with it in the last 3 years.
Nice fish! Might want to start supporting the belly if you are releasing them and want to catch them again! That's a lot of pressure on the gill plate!
We used to just walk and stand in the muck by the docks and let them latch onto our feet, pull em off viola free bait. Although one time my brother missed one between his toes and put his shoes on , and it got engorged on his blood lol good times